Masters in Business

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews the legendary Howard Marks, co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management. The firm was formed in 1995 by a group of individuals who had been investing together since the mid-1980s in high-yield bonds, convertible securities, distressed debt, real estate, control investments and listed equities. Marks is celebrated for the memos he created in 1990. His newest book, "Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds On Your Side," was published in October. 

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Neil Dwane, a portfolio manager and global strategist with Allianz Global Investors. Dwane is a member of AllianzGI’s equity investment management group. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan Investment Management as a U.K. and European specialist portfolio manager; at Fleming Investment Management; and at Kleinwort Benson Investment Management as an analyst and a fund manager.

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Joseph H. Davis, global chief economist at The Vanguard Group. Davis is also head of Vanguard's investment strategy group and a member of the senior portfolio management team for Vanguard's fixed income group, which oversees more than $500 billion in assets under management. He earned his doctorate in macroeconomics and finance at Duke University.

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews industry legend Fern Mallis, who created the modern New York Fashion Week and helmed the influential Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) for 10 years. She went on to be a senior vice president at IMG Fashion and later hosted a series of interviews with high-profile designers collected in the book "Fashion Lives: Fashion Icons With Fern Mallis." She is currently president of Fern Mallis LLC. 

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Matt Hougan, managing Director of Global Finance at Informa. Previously he was the CEO of Inside ETFs, a division of Informa PLC. Hougan is a three-time member of the Barron's ETF Roundtable and co-author of the CFA Institute’s monograph "A Comprehensive Guide to Exchange-Trade Funds."

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Cameron Mitchell, founder and CEO of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants and author of ‘‘Yes Is the Answer! What Is the Question? : How Faith in People and a Culture of Hospitality Built a Modern American Restaurant Company.’’ Cameron Mitchell Restaurants operates more than 30 restaurants under 15 different concepts, with locations in 12 states.

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviewed investing legend Jack Bogle in 2016. Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group, popularized the index fund and in doing so revolutionized how Americans invest. Bogle died this week at the age of 89. 

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Leonard Kiefer, deputy chief economist at Freddie Mac. His academic training focused on macroeconomics and econometrics, but these days he spends his time on issues related to housing and mortgage finance.

 Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Jason Schwarz, who is president of Wilshire Funds Management and Wilshire Analytics. He has more than two decades of industry experience.

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Francis Greenburger, who is founder and chief executive officer of Time Equities Inc., a multibillion-dollar real-estate investment and development company. He is also the author of “Risk Game: Self Portrait of an Entrepreneur.” 

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews David Hall, a partner at Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. He is responsible for investment sourcing, execution and oversight for Revolution portfolio companies, and has worked closely with Revolution Money (American Express), Vinfolio, Koofers, SnagFilms, BenchPrep and Homesnap. 

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews journalist Bethany McLean, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and author of the recently released "Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World." McLean also co-wrote "All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis" and "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron." She was previously editor at large of Fortune and spent three years working at Goldman Sachs as an investment banking analyst. 

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Jeremy Grantham, who co-founded the global asset management firm GMO and serves as its chief investment strategist. Prior to founding GMO, Grantham was co-founder of Batterymarch Financial Management, where he recommended commercial indexing; he began his investment career as an economist with Royal Dutch Shell. He and his wife Hannelore have established the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. 

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Rick Wilson, a political strategist and one of the first (and most prominent) "Never Trump" Republicans. Wilson, who has decades of experience producing campaign ads, writes a regular column for The Daily Beast and frequently appears as a TV news analyst. He's the author of "Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever." 

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Ray Dalio, the founder, co-chairman and co-chief investment officer of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. Dalio is the author of the New York Times bestseller "Principles: Life and Work." His newest book, "Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises," was published this month.

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Ralph Scamardella, chef and partner at Tao Group, which operates some of the most profitable restaurants in the country. Before joining Tao, Scamardella demonstrated his culinary skills at The Plaza Hotel’s French restaurant and at Polo under legendary chef Daniel Boulud. Scamardella studied at New York City’s Technology Institute, where he learned to master the business of hotel and restaurant management while expanding his culinary repertoire.

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews American cartoonist Scott Adams, who captured the dysfunction of the modern workplace in his long-running comic strip "Dilbert." Adams has also written several works of satire, commentary and business analysis, including "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life" and "Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter." 

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Ray Dalio, who is founder, co-chairman and co-chief investment officer of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. Dalio has been a global macro investor for more than 45 years, having started Bridgewater out of a two-bedroom apartment in New York City in 1975. He is known for the practical yet unconventional theory of economics he spells out in his video series "How the Economic Machine Works," and is the author of the New York Times bestseller "Principles: Life and Work." His newest book, "Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises," was published this month. 

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Dr. Robert Cialdini, professor emeritus of psychology and marketing at Arizona State University and an expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance and negotiation. His book "Influence: Science and Practice" has sold 3 million copies in more than 30 languages; his most recent work, "Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade," is a Wall Street Journal and a New York Times bestseller. Cialdini is also the CEO and president of Influence at Work, which provides training and certification.  

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Jim Millstein, the founder and CEO of Millstein & Co. and chief restructuring officer at the U.S. Treasury from 2009 through 2011. In that capacity, he oversaw the department’s investment in and oversight of the financial sector following the 2008 financial crisis. From July 2000 to April 2009, he served as managing director and global co-head of corporate restructuring at Lazard.